Douglas Russell
Head Of Systems Engineering at Fortify Solutions
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDouglas Russell is a pragmatic technology leader and Head of Systems Engineering with 18+ years delivering cloud-native platforms, particularly in public cloud, containerisation and scientific imaging. He has led cross-functional global teams to turn managed services into scalable SaaS offerings—most recently driving platform growth and enterprise adoption at Featurespace and now shaping systems strategy at Fortify Solutions. His background spans academia and industry, from building an AWS-native microscopy data platform at Harvard Medical School to enabling cloud CI and integrations at MathWorks, reflecting a rare blend of research-grade software and production operations. Douglas advises and builds bespoke solutions through his consultancy, extending open-source tooling he originally developed for microscopy workflows. Colleagues rely on him to bridge domain experts and engineers, secure research funding through grants, and deliver pragmatic architectures that balance rapid delivery with long-term reliability. Based in Cambridge, he combines deep technical hands-on experience with executive-level strategy and supplier relationships.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science and Cybernetics, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science and Cybernetics at University of ReadingGraduate Certificate Data Science, Graduate Certificate Data Science at Harvard Extension School
Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
dpwrussell/OMERO_scripts
Apr 2015 - Feb 2024
Repository for OMERO related scripts
Contributions:44 pushes, 36 branches in 8 years 11 months
omero
labsyspharm/minerva-cloud
May 2018 - Mar 2025
Minerva Cloud is a novel cloud-native (AWS) platform for high-dimensional microscopy image storage, management, and visualization.
Contributions:46 PRs, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 11 months
dimensionalminervastorage-managementimage-storagestorage
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